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September 19, 2015

How's Your WordPress Password Strength?

I woke up this morning to an alert from Wordfence that one of the administrators of a client's website logged in overnight from Istanbul Turkey. I know for a fact this particular gentleman is not in Istanbul right now.

1. If you have not updated to the latest version of WordPress do so now. Version 4.3 and later have a new 'Change Password' function that can create strong passwords.

2. If you are not using WordFence or Sucuri.net do so now. The premium version of Wordfence has the ability to block entire countries, so if you have no reason to expect website visitors from outside the USA then block all non-US traffic.

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How's Your WordPress Password Strength?

I woke up this morning to an alert from Wordfence that one of the administrators of a client's website logged in overnight from Istanbul Turkey. I know for a fact this particular gentleman is not in Istanbul right now.

1. If you have not updated to the latest version of WordPress do so now. Version 4.3 and later have a new 'Change Password' function that can create strong passwords.

2. If you are not using WordFence or Sucuri.net do so now. The premium version of Wordfence has the ability to block entire countries, so if you have no reason to expect website visitors from outside the USA then block all non-US traffic.

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